Academic Search Premier

A popular resource found in many scholarly settings worldwide, Academic Search Premier is a leading multidisciplinary research database. It provides acclaimed full-text journals, magazines and other valuable resources. Content Includes: More than 3,200 active full-text journals and magazines. More than 2,800 active full-text peer-reviewed journals. More than 1,300 active full-text peer-reviewed journals with no embargo. More than 2,200 active full-text journals indexed in Web of Science or Scopus.

AHFS Consumer Medication Information

AHFS Consumer Medication Information is a trusted source and recognized standard for patient drug information, available in both English and Spanish. Published by the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists, AHFS includes more than a thousand drug information monographs written in lay language for consumers and has been a Top Ten Award Winner in the Department of Health and Human Services National Consumer Education Materials Contest. This content is updated monthly.

Ancestry.Com

Bringing together science and self-discovery, Ancestry helps everyone, everywhere discover the story of what led to them. Our sophisticated engineering and technology harnesses family history and consumer genetics, combining billions of rich historical records, millions of family trees, and more than 4 million people in the AncestryDNA network to provide people with deeply meaningful insights about who they are and where they come from. Due to licensing restrictions this database is only available within the Ponca City Library Computer Center.

Auto Mate

Powered by the automotive experts at MOTOR, AutoMate provides the most accurate, authoritative and up-to-date service and repair information for thousands of domestic and imported vehicles. All content comes from the Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM) and includes step-by-step repair information, diagrams, maintenance schedules, parts and labor estimates, service bulletins and recalls.

Bibliography of Native North Americans

Bibliography of Native North Americans (BNNA) is a bibliographic database covering all aspects of native North American culture, history, and life. This resource covers a wide range of topics including archaeology, multicultural relations, gaming, governance, legend, and literacy. BNNA contains more than 141,000 citations for books, essays, journal articles, and government documents of the United States and Canada. Dates of coverage for included content range from the sixteenth century to the present.

Book collection Nonfiction: Elementary School Edition

Book Collection Nonfiction: Elementary School Edition is a rich research database for school and public libraries. It contains informative abstracts and searchable full text for more than 1,290 popular nonfiction books. The database includes high interest titles on animals, weather, holidays, Native Americans, United States, Canada, biographies, civics and more.

Book Collection Nonfiction: High School Edition

Book Collection Nonfiction: High School Edition is a rich research database for school and public libraries. It contains informative abstracts and searchable full text for more than 2,440 popular nonfiction books. The database includes high interest titles on careers, health, ethnicity, disabilities, technology, biographies, music, science, history, civics and more.

Book Collection Nonfiction: Middle School Edition

Book Collection Nonfiction: Middle School Edition is a rich research database for school and public libraries. It contains informative abstracts and searchable full text for more than 3,100 popular nonfiction books. The database includes high interest titles on careers, health, ethnicity, disabilities, technology, biographies, history, science, women, civics and more.

Business Source Elite

This database provides full-text coverage of top business, management and economics journals and periodicals. The valuable publications cover topics such as accounting, banking, finance, international business, marketing, sales and more. Content includes: 600 active full-text journals and magazines. More than 350 active full-text peer-reviewed journals. More than 180 active full-text peer-reviewed journals with no embargo. More than 300 active full -text journals indexed in Web of Science or Scopus.

Business Source Premier

The industry's most widely used business research database, Business Source Premier features full text and searchable cited references for top journals covering a variety of business disciplines. Content Includes: Nearly 1,200 active full-text journals and magazines. Nearly 700 active full-text peer-reviewed journals. More than 310 active full-text peer-reviewed journals with no embargo. 580 active full-text journals indexed in Web of Science or Scopus.

Britannica School

Many online products offer multiple levels for different ages, but often struggling readers are reluctant to move to a lower level because the interface and experience are designed for younger students. With Britannica School, content is available at all three reading levels and students can move quickly from one level to another without changing the look and feel of the site. Content and Interface work together to give the user an experience tailored to their needs.

Computer Source

Computer Source provides researchers with the latest information and current trends in high technology. This database offers full text for more than 300 publications, covering topics such as computer science, programming, artificial intelligence, , cybernetics, information systems, robotics, and software. In addition, this database offers indexes and abstracts for nearly 450 publications. Many full text titles are available in native (searchable) PDF, or scanned-in-color.

Consumer Health Complete

The single-most comprehensive resource for consumer-oriented health content. It is designed to support the information needs of patients, and to foster an overall understanding of health-related topics. CHC provides content covering all areas of health and wellness from mainstream medicine to the many perspectives of complementary, holistic and integrated medicine.

Digital Praire

Announcing the “One Stop Shop” for Oklahoma’s Online Library Resources. Oklahoma Digital Prairie is your entrance to online services and resources that help you find books, articles, web content and other useful information. Digital Prairie is a production of the Oklahoma Library Technology Network, and is funded with state and federal funds by the Oklahoma Department of Libraries. Federal funds are provided by the Institute of Museum and Library Services.

ERIC

The Education Resource Information Center, provides access to education literature and resources. The database contains more than 1.3 million records and provides access to information from journals included in the Current Index of Journals in Education and Resources in Education Index.

Explora Educator's Edition

The Educator’s Edition of Explora highlights content relevant to teachers, including lessons plans, curriculum standards, and other professional development resources.

Explora Elementary Student ResearchExplora is EBSCO's interface for Schools and Public Libraries. Designed to meet the unique needs of its users, Explora supports both student research and classroom instruction with the following features:- Simple search that quickly delivers relevant results- Easy-to-browse categories organized by popular topic- Topic overviews that provide students with a starting point for research- Colorful, mobile-friendly design with feature areas that provide context to students- Reading level indicators (Lexile® Measures) to simplify discovery of grade-appropriate content- Text-to-speech for HTML articles to assist struggling readers or those learning English- Curriculum Standards Module to help educators correlate EBSCO content quickly and easily to Common Core, state- or province- specific curriculum standards

Explora Middle School Student Research

Explora is EBSCO's interface for Schools and Public Libraries. Designed to meet the unique needs of its users, Explora supports both student research and classroom instruction with the following features:- Simple search that quickly delivers relevant results- Easy-to-browse categories organized by popular topic- Topic overviews that provide students with a starting point for research- Colorful, mobile-friendly design with feature areas that provide context to students- Reading level indicators (Lexile® Measures) to simplify discovery of grade-appropriate content- Text-to-speech for HTML articles to assist struggling readers or those learning English- Curriculum Standards Module to help educators correlate EBSCO content quickly and easily to Common Core, state- or province- specific curriculum standards

Explora Public Library Search

Explora is EBSCO's interface for Schools and Public Libraries. Designed to meet the unique needs of its users, Explora supports both student research and classroom instruction with the following features:- Simple search that quickly delivers relevant results- Easy-to-browse categories organized by popular topic- Topic overviews that provide students with a starting point for research- Colorful, mobile-friendly design with feature areas that provide context to students- Reading level indicators (Lexile® Measures) to simplify discovery of grade-appropriate content- Text-to-speech for HTML articles to assist struggling readers or those learning English- Curriculum Standards Module to help educators correlate EBSCO content quickly and easily to Common Core, state- or province- specific curriculum standards.

Gale Biography in Context

Virtually every course of study — from history to science to literature — is ultimately tied to the study of people. Biography in Context delivers outstanding research support with nearly a million biographical entries spanning history and geography. Just like all the new revolutionary In Context products, it’s a curriculum-aligned resource that offers media-rich content in context that's updated daily to meet the needs of today’s user. In it you’ll find: 600,000+ biographies covering more than 525,000 individuals, 170+ award-winning Gale reference titles, 50,000 new or updated bios added annually in addition to daily updates to account for awards and events, integrated reference material, periodical information and multimedia content and hundreds of hand-crafted topic pages covering the highest-interest features.

Gale Directory Library

As the global leader in reference publishing for more than 50 years, Gale is the trusted source for authoritative directories on companies, publishers, associations and more. Use the Gale Directory Library to search the Encyclopedia of Associations: National Organizations of the U.S. This directory is the only comprehensive source for detailed information on nonprofit American membership organizations of national scope. Every entry offers a wealth of valuable data, typically including the organization's complete name, address and phone number together with the primary official's name and title; fax number, when available; founding date, purpose, activities and dues; national and international conferences; and more.

Gale Opposing Viewpoints in Context

Opposing Viewpoints in Context is the premier online resource covering today’s hottest social issues, from Offshore Drilling to Climate Change, Health Care to Immigration. Opposing Viewpoints in Context helps students research, analyze and organize a broad variety of data for conducting research, completing writing assignments, preparing for debates, creating presentations and more. In addition to the engaging, streamlined interface and media-rich topic pages, the product's unprecedented collection of content and curriculum-focused tools that help students explore issues from all perspectives include: more than 14,000 pro/con viewpoint essays, 5,000+ topic overviews, more than 300 primary source documents, 300 biographies of social activists and reformers, more than 775 court-case overviews, 5 million periodical articles, and much more.

GreenFILE

GreenFILE offers well-researched information covering all aspects of human impact to the environment. Its collection of scholarly, government and general-interest titles includes content on global warming, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, and more. The database provides indexing and abstracts for more than 384,000 records, as well as Open Access full text for more than 4,700 records.

Health Source-Consumer Edition

This database is the richest collection of consumer health information available to libraries worldwide, providing information on many health topics including the medical sciences, food sciences and nutrition, childcare, sports medicine and general health. Health Source: Consumer Edition provides access to nearly 80 full text, consumer health magazines.

HeritageQuest Online

HeritageQuest® Online is a comprehensive treasury of American genealogical sources—rich in unique primary sources, local and family histories, and finding aids. 18th Century or 20th Century. European or Native American. Farm or Factory. East Coast or West Coast. Where does your American past begin? Discover the amazing history of you with HeritageQuest Online. It delivers an essential collection of genealogical and historical sources—with coverage dating back to the 1700s—that can help people find their ancestors and discover a place’s past.

Hobbies and Crafts Reference Center

This database offers detailed "how-to" instructions and creative ideas to meet the interests of virtually every hobby enthusiast. Full text is provided from leading hobby and craft magazines. Content Includes: Full text for nearly 2,000 magazines and books. More than 720 videos. More than 180 hobby profiles. More than 8,400 recipes. A unique, dedicated user interface.

Home Improvement Reference Center

Through a collection of comprehensive full-text content, this database provides users with detailed, user-friendly “how-to” information covering a variety of home improvement and repair projects. Content Includes: More than 130 full-text reference books, including major reference works from Creative Publishing International. More than 30 full-text magazines. 35,000 images not available anywhere else online. Nearly 100 videos of popular home repair projects. A convenient A-Z browsing tool for searching. Remote access for use from home. A unique, user-friendly interface.

Horror Writers Association

HWA’s missions is to encourage public interest in and foster an appreciation of good Horror and Dark Fantasy literature. To that end, we offer the public areas of this web site.

LearningExpress Library + Computers Skills

LearningExpress Library 3.0 is a comprehensive, interactive online learning platform of practice tests and tutorial course series designed to help library users -- students and adult learners -- succeed on the academic or licensing tests they must pass. You'll get immediate scoring, complete answer explanations, and an individualized analysis of your results.

Legal Collection

Containing full text for hundreds of the most respected scholarly law journals, Legal Collection is a valuable database of information on current issues, studies, thoughts and trends of the legal world. Content Includes: Full text for 400 law publications.

Legal Forms

Gale LegalForms helps patrons understand common legal procedures through access to authentic, professional legal documents for businesses—and it’s the only electronic reference to offer legal forms that are truly state-specific. Useful for filing patents and trademarks, developing leases, creating bills of sale, delegating power of attorney, and more, these forms are ideal for supporting legal tasks that business owners need to manage.A step-by-step approach helps patrons address legal affairs with confidence. The documents you’ll find are different from the often generic ones found in form books – the forms in Gale LegalForms are drafted by attorneys.

Legal Information Reference Center

Legal Information Reference Center is an online database designed to assist the general public in legal matters of all kinds. It includes exclusive full text for many top consumer legal reference books, as well as thousands of legal forms. Content Includes: More than 400 full-text publications and reference books. More than 13,000 state-specific legal forms. Nearly 1,200 of multi-state legal forms. A unique, user-friendly interface.

MAS Complete

Designed specifically for high school libraries, this database contains full text for hundreds of popular high school magazines and reference books. In addition, it offers tens of thousands of biographies, thousands of primary source documents and a vast image collection. Content Includes: Full text for more than 560 popular high school magazines. Nearly 420 full-text reference books. More than 117,000 biographies. More than 73,000 primary source documents. An image collection of more than 1.5 million photos, maps, flags and color PDFs.

MAS Ultra - School Edition

Designed specifically for high school libraries, this database contains full text for nearly 500 popular, high school magazines. MAS Ultra – School Edition also provides more than 360 full text reference books, 85,670 biographies, over 107,000 primary source documents, and an Image Collection of over 510,000 photos, maps & flags, color PDFs and expanded full text backfiles (back to 1975) for key magazines.

MasterFILE Premier

Designed specifically for public libraries, this multidisciplinary database provides full text for nearly 1,700 periodicals with full-text information dating as far back as 1975. Covering virtually every subject area of general interest, MasterFILE Premier also contains full text for nearly 500 reference books and over 164,400 primary source documents, as well as an Image Collection of over 592,000 photos, maps & flags. This database is updated daily via EBSCOhost.

Medical Libraries

EBSCOhost databases and discovery technologies are the most-used, premium online information resources for tens of thousands of institutions worldwide, representing millions of end-users. The databases found within the Medical Libraries include many different databases medical research.

Middle Search Plus

Middle Search Plus provides full text for more than 140 popular, middle school magazines. All full text articles included in the database are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles). Full text is also available for thousands of biographies and historical essays. Middle Search Plus also contains 84,774 biographies, 105,786 primary source documents, and a School Image Collection of photos, maps and flags.

Military & Government Collection

Designed to offer current news pertaining to all branches of the military and government, this database offers a thorough collection of periodicals, academic journals, and other content pertinent to the increasing needs of those sites. The Military & Government Collection provides cover-to-cover full text for nearly 300 journals and periodicals and indexing and abstracts for more than 400 titles.

Newberry Medal Home Page

The Newbery Medal was named for eighteenth-century British bookseller John Newbery. It is awarded annually by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association, to the author of the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children.

Newspaper Source

The Newbery Medal was named for eighteenth-century British bookseller John Newbery. It is awarded annually by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association, to the author of the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children.

Newswires

EBSCO's Newswires provides near real-time access to top world-wide news from Associated Press, United Press International, PR Newswire, Xinhua, CNN Wire, and Business Wire on a continuous basis. This content is monitored by EBSCO and relevant results are provided when users enter searches in EBSCOhost. This collection includes AP Financial News, AP Top News, AP WorldStream, AP U.S. Politics & Government, AP 50 State Reports, UPI Security Industry, UPI Emerging Threats, UPI Business, UPI Entertainment, UPI Sports, UPI Top News, Arabia 2000, and more. End users can immediately access the full text of the web content, by following the link in the record. The index to the full text content in EBSCO Newswires is held for a rolling 30-day archive by EBSCO, so users can enjoy the previous 30 days of news relating to their search interests.

Novelist

Novelist is a powerful reader’s advisory tool that avid readers would be wise to use. Readers can use this database to find Book Reviews, Author Read-A-Likes, Booktalks, Feature Articles, Book Suggestions, Series Information and Book Discussion Guides. Check out this database and find your next favorite read.

Novelist K-8

NoveList K-8 Plus is a database about books specifically for younger readers. It helps kids find books that are just right for their reading level and interests. Parents, teachers, and librarians can also find tools to teach with books and engage young readers.

OK Virtual Library - Audio and eBook Downloading

Audio and ebook download media available 24/7, your library is always open! Checkout all kinds of fiction and nonfiction titles in audio and ebook format for free. Also included are over 15,000 public domain titles that never have to be returned.

OneClickdigital

OneClickdigital brings exclusive Recorded Books eAudio, as well as content from all major publishers, together with an eBook service. Combine eBooks and eAudio in one collection, offering the most comprehensive platform for your content.

Poetry and Short Story Reference Center

This full-text database provides a historically rich collection of hundreds of thousands of classic and contemporary poems, as well as short stories, biographies and authoritative essays on such topics as poetic forms, movements and techniques — including contemporary content from the finest publishers.

Primary Search

Primary Search provides full text for more than 70 popular, magazines for elementary school research. All full text articles included in the database are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles), and full text information dates as far back as 1990.

Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection

This full-text database is an essential tool for psychologists, counselors, researchers and students, providing extensive coverage for a broad range of subjects in the fields of psychology, behavioral sciences and related disciplines. Content Includes: More than 500 full-text journals. More than 340 full-text journals with citations in PsycINFO.

Professional Development Collection

Designed for professional educators, this database provides a highly specialized collection of nearly 520 high quality education journals, including more than 350 peer-reviewed titles. This database also contains more than 200 educational reports. Professional Development Collection is the most comprehensive collection of full text education journals in the world.

Religion & Philosophy Collection

This database is an essential tool for researchers and students of theology and philosophical studies, providing a full-text source of content pertaining to the topics related to and discussed in disciplines of religion and philosophy. Content Includes: More than 200 full-text journals and magazines. More than 170 full-text, peer-reviewed journals and magazines. Full-text coverage dating back to 1911.

ReferenceUSA

ReferenceUSA is the leading provider in business and consumer research! Offering a full-service platform, ReferenceUSA helps users create marketing plans, conduct competitive analysis, raise finds and locate people. Our database selections and real-time access to more than 20 Million Businesses, 222 Million Consumers, U.S. New Businesses, U.S. New Homeowners and Movers, make research easy and fast! ReferenceUSA's quality information helps researchers, students and job-seekers answer a wide variety of questions, and saves them valuable time and money.

Regional Business News

This database provides comprehensive full text coverage for regional business publications. Regional Business News incorporates coverage of more than 80 regional business publications covering all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States.

Rosetta Stone Library Solution

Rosetta Stone offers libraries and their patrons the proven immersion method that more than 22,000 schools have trusted for over the last 20+ years. The award-winning interactive approach has been used by millions of learners around the world and now is accessible in the library--or anywhere, anytime. With 50 hours of foundational instruction, Rosetta Stone Library Solution offers flexibility to match all user's needs.

RT Book Reviews

Description for this database:All Romance - All Genres. Fall in love with your next book!

School Libraries

EBSCOhost databases and discovery technologies are the most-used, premium online information resources for tens of thousands of institutions worldwide, representing millions of end-users. The databases found within the School Libraries include many that students will find helpful for general research.

Small Business Reference Center

This database offers a wide variety of information on small business and entrepreneurial subject areas, common business types, a help and advice section, and provides information on how to create business plans that lead to successful funding. Small Business Reference Center offers readers a collection of state-specific resources supported with demographic data and other local information. Completing the database are business videos that provide critical information for business owners including interviews, ‘lessons learned’ features, lectures and ‘how to’ videos to help foster success in all aspects of managing a business.

Small Engine Repair Reference Center

Through a collection of comprehensive full-text content, this database provides users with detailed, yet user-friendly repair guides for all manner of small engines. All of the content is organized in a powerful, easy-to-use manner so that users can quickly gain the information they need.

Sociological Collection

This full-text database offers a trusted source of sociology literature, making it an essential tool for sociology and social work researchers, professionals and students. Content Includes: More than 320 full-text scholarly journals. Coverage spanning over 100 years.

Spanish Reference Center

This site offers resources in Spanish for all ages in two unique interfaces, each with its own comprehensive encyclopedia: Enciclopedia Moderna for high school ages and up and Britannica Escolar Online for ages 6-12.

Stop, You're Killing Me!

Stop, You’re Killing Me! is a resource for lovers of mystery, crime, thriller, spy, and suspense books. We list over 4300 authors, with chronological lists of their books (over 49,000 titles), both series (5000+) and non-series. Use the alphabetical author and character links above Top or the special indexes in the left column. And it’s perfectly fine with us if you print our pages for your private use, especially for a trip to your local library or bookstore.

Student Research Center

EBSCO's Student Research Center is an interface designed specifically to help you identify the most appropriate research tools for easily obtaining information from many of our EBSCO databases.

TOPICsearch

TOPICsearch contains full text for over 150,961 articles from 475 diverse sources including international and regional newspapers, EBSCO's unparalleled collection of periodicals, biographies, public opinion polls, book reviews, pamphlets, and government information.

Value Library Library Basic Online

The online presentation of Value Line's flagship Investment Survey will be immediately familiar to anyone who has ever used Value Line's vaunted research system. The Library Basic product includes online full-page reports and analyst commentaries as well as TimelinessTM and SafetyTM Ranks. Through remote online access, your patrons now have all the tools they need to invest confidently on our secure proprietary website outside of the library.

Web News

EBSCO's Web News provides near real-time access to thousands of top news feeds from around the globe. This collection includes over 14,000 feeds covering a range of business and general news topics. End users can immediately access the full text of the web content, by following the link in the record.

Western Writers of America

Western Writers of America, Inc., was founded in 1953 to promote the literature of the American West and bestow Spur Awards for distinguished writing in the Western field.

What's Next

Maintained by Kent Library District. Our What’s Next®: Books in series database helps you search series fiction. A series is two or more books linked by character(s), settings, or other common traits.

Zinio for Libraries

Zino for libraries provides access to complete digital magazines through Ponca City Library. Keep magazine issues for as long as you want. Download magazine issues to mobile devices for offline reading. Enjoy mobile app for most platforms.